https://github.com/lumicks/embedded_python

Conan package which generates a Python distribution for embedding
https://github.com/lumicks/embedded_python

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Conan package which generates a Python distribution for embedding

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/lumicks/embedded_python
• Owner: lumicks
• License: apache-2.0
• Created: 2019-06-06T21:46:53.000Z (over 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-06-17T07:17:34.000Z (6 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-06-18T08:09:53.212Z (6 months ago)
• Topics: conan
• Language: Python
• Homepage:
• Size: 115 KB
• Stars: 4
• Watchers: 11
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 1
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: readme.md
  • Changelog: changelog.md
  • License: license.md

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Embedded Python as a Conan package

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This Conan recipe builds an embedded Python distribution that is intended to be used as part of an application (e.g. placed into the `bin` directory).

The application can then execute Python code internally.

## Motivation

Python.org provides an [embeddable package](https://docs.python.org/3/using/windows.html#the-embeddable-package) as a minimal distribution that is intended exactly for this purpose.

The documentation suggests that it is possible to install third-party packages within this distribution and embed everything into an application, but it's quite short on details.

By design, `pip` is not available in the embedded Python in order to ensure that the environment is frozen after deployment.

However, this does make it difficult to get third-party packages into the environment in the first place.

The aim of this Conan recipe is to make it easy to build an embedded Python distribution with any third-third party packages available on pypi.org.